YOUTH UNITED

YOUTH UNITED: Student United Way for Central Illinois equips area students with the education, awareness and experience to more effectively collaborate and create lasting change within the community.

As the Heart of Illinois United Way’s Student United Way, YOUTH UNITED offers area high school and college students the opportunity connect with each other while learning about how the United Way is making a positive impact on central Illinois.

Students in YOUTH UNITED actively participate in addressing their community’s needs through volunteer projects and awarding youth-related grants to Heart of Illinois United Way partner agencies. Students meet monthly to plan area service projects and to develop an annual spring volunteer day for all of the schools.

In addition, students learn about the United Way’s grant process by requesting grant proposals and rewarding grants that make a positive impact on area youth. These grants cover safety and health education, mentoring, summer camps, community gardens, counseling and anti-bullying programs, and much more.

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About Heart of Illinois

The Heart of Illinois United Way brings together people from business, labor, government, health and human services to address community needs in Marshall, Peoria, Putnam, Stark, Tazewell & Woodford Counties in Illinois.